Children’s House April 7 Fundraiser: Fine Wines, Small Plates & Music

By Dale Heisinger, President, Children’s House Board of Directors

By popular demand, Sara Munson of The Local Vine in Seattle, returns to the Outlook Inn in a fundraising event for Children’s House on April 7th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.  The event will feature a champagne reception, followed first  with the pairing of exceptional white wines with small plates, followed by the pairing of excellent red wines with small plates.

Sara will present information about these wines, what characteristics to look for in a wine, and how our palates learn to appreciate the various components that make a good wine.  Those that attended last year’s event found their experience to be wonderful.

Outlook Inn will be hosting the event, and Steve Debaste, Outlook Inn’s wonderful Chef will be preparing the small plates.  Music will occur between presentations and will be performed by the Bodalo Trio, local musicians featuring cello, clarinet, and piano who have played at many Brown Bag Conerts. They will be playing works by Max Bruch, C.P.E. Bach, and Paul Juon.

Following is the menu for the guests’ dining pleasure:

• Champagne with Dungeness crab cakes and shoestring truffle fries
• Cragge Range Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand with pistachio crusted Quail Croft chevre and spring greens
• Louis Jadot Chassagme Mpmtracjet White Burgundy with wild mushroom and truffle flatbread
• Domaine Carneros Pinot Noir with duck macaroni and cheese with Oregon hazelnut crumbs
• Petit Syrah with lamb and eggplant terrine
• Guidalberto Cab/Merlot blend by Sassicaia with roasted tenderloin of beef with port pomegranate demi glaze
• Quinto do Noval 1998 with selected Kathryn Taylor chocolates

The funds generated from this event will support Children’s House, a preschool early learning program utilizing a play-based curriculum that has been shown to benefit children in many measured ways.  Learn more about us at www.oich.org.  For more information about our fundraiser, or to purchase tickets, please call Susan Anderson at 376-4744.

Also, our Mayoral Campaign is looking for candidates for Mayor, scheduled for June, so let us know if your chicken, dog, cat , or any other animal wants to hold this esteemed position.  Clara, at Crow Valley Pottery, can also tell you about her year in office.